Qualla: Battle of Pavón https://qualla.com/battle-of-pavon en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:39:57 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Pavón https://qualla.com/battle-of-pavon Battle of Pavón: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-pavon/ Urquiza's cavalry had broken the enemy. On both wings his horsemen had scattered the Buenos Aires squadrons and chased them across the creeks of the Pampas. Couriers were already writing dispatches headed "from the field of victory." And then Justo Jose de Urquiza, commander of the Confederation army, did the one thing no one could explain: he left. He marched off the battlefield with four thousand fresh reserves never committed, declined to return even after he learned his cavalry had won, and rode home to Entre Rios. His retreat on 17 September 1861 handed Bartolome Mitre the field at Pavon - and with it, the future shape of Argentina.

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/d/j/4/battle-of-pavon-wp/6dj4-battle-of-pav-n-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Pavón: Two Countries in One https://qualla.com/battle-of-pavon/ For most of the nineteenth century, Argentina was less a nation than an argument. Buenos Aires, rich from its port and customs, wanted the provinces left autonomous so no federal capital could siphon away its revenue. The interior provinces wanted exactly the opposite - a country...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/d/j/4/battle-of-pavon-wp/6dj4-battle-of-pav-n-two-countries-in-one.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Pavón: The Road to the Creek https://qualla.com/battle-of-pavon/ A tangle of disputed elections and assassinated provincial governors pushed the two sides back to war. President Santiago Derqui named Urquiza, the Confederation's most formidable general, to bring the rebellious province to heel; in Buenos Aires, Governor Mitre took command of t...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/d/j/4/battle-of-pavon-wp/6dj4-battle-of-pav-n-the-road-to-the-creek.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Pavón: Two Hours of Battle https://qualla.com/battle-of-pavon/ The fighting lasted barely two hours. Urquiza had drawn an extended line east of the Domingo Palacios ranch, cavalry on the wings, and as Mitre's infantry advanced to within 800 meters, the Confederation guns tore into them - the Buenos Aires soldiers easy marks in their bright u...

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